1st Edition
Urban Development in India Global Indians in the Remaking of Kolkata
By Pablo Shiladitya Bose
Copyright 2015
180 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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Indian diaspora has had a complex and multifaceted role in catalyzing, justifying and promoting a transformed urban landscape in India. Focussing on Kolkata/ Calcutta, this book analyses the changing landscapes over the past two decades of one of the world’s most fascinating and iconic cities. Previously better known due to its post-Independence decline into overcrowded poverty, pollution and... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Theorizing Diaspora 3. Transnational Practices 4. Building a Global City 5. The Context of Kolkata 6. The East Kolkata Wetlands 7. The Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project 8. New Housing Developments: Global Living in Kolkata 9. Conclusion
Biography
Pablo S. Bose is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Vermont, USA. He is an urban geographer and interdisciplinary scholar with interests in urbanization in the Global South, environmental displacement worldwide, and migration and refugee resettlement in North America.
